Baron Davis

The buzzard hasn't been heard from in 16 years. The Miami Heat hope it doesn't squawk a week from now.

Days after the Heat fell from four consecutive trips to the NBA Finals into the NBA Draft lottery, Heat President Pat Riley quipped of his team's next major moment, "Hopefully on May 19, we don't have any more buzzard's luck along the way."

For Riley's team to have much pluck in the month preceding the June 25 NBA Draft, the Heat must at least hold their No. 10 lottery seed in the random-but-weighted May 19 drawing.

If their pick remains within the first 10, they will have punched their ticket to the draft. Otherwise, the Heat's 2015 first-round pick...

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